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050	0	0	_aD517 _b.C34 2010
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100	1		_aCarter, Miranda _d, 1965-
245	1	0	_aGeorge, Nicholas and Wilhelm _b: three royal cousins and the road to World War I _c/ Miranda Carter
260			_aNew York _b: Vintage Books _c, 2011, c2009.
300			_axxv, 498 p., [32] p. of plates _b: ill., maps _c; 25 cm.
500			_aOriginally published as: The three emperors : three cousins, three empires and the road to World War One. London : Fig Tree, 2009.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [469]-478) and index.
505	0		_aThree childhoods, three countries -- Wilhelm: an experiment in perfection, 1859 -- George: coming second, 1865 -- Nicholas: a diamond-studded ivory tower, 1868 -- Family ties, imperial contests -- Wilhelm emperor 1888-90 -- Young men in love 1891-94 -- Wilhelm anglophile 1891-95 -- Perfidious Muscovy 1895-97 -- Behind the wall 1893-1904 -- Imperial imperatives 1898-1901 -- A bright new century -- The fourth emperor 1901-4 -- Unintended consequences 1904-5 -- Continental shifts 1906-8 -- A Balkan crisis 1908-9 -- Edward's mantle 1910-11 -- Celebrations and warnings 1911-14 -- July 1914 -- Armageddon -- A war 1914-18.
520			_aIn the years before World War I, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Tsar Nicholas II. Carter uses the cousins' correspondence and a host of historical sources to tell their tragicomic stories.
600	0	0	_aWilliam _bII _c, German Emperor _d, 1859-1941
600	0	0	_aGeorge _bV _c, King of Great Britian _d, 1865-1936
600	0	0	_aNichlas _bII _c, Emperor of Russia _d, 1868-1918
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _x--Causes.
651		0	_aGermany _x--History
651		4	_aGreat Britain _x-History
651			_aRussia _x-History _y-Nicholas II, 1894-1917
651		0	_aEurope _x--Politics and government _y--1871-1918
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